Hammersley, Arthur, Lance Bombardier, 806279, Royal Artillery (Territorial Force)
Born Yeldersley, Derby
Enlisted Derby
Died of wounds France & Flanders 5th May 1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org)
17th Battery, 296th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Aged 22
Son of Albert and Hannah Hammersley, of Yeldersley, nr. Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 2, II, A, 30
Ashbourne News, 7th June 1918
Died of wounds caused by shell splinters. Parents lived at Yeldersley Hall Home Farm. Was educated at Osmaston, and was well known in the Osmaston and Yeldersley areas. After the death of his parents, went to live with his sister, Mrs. Meadows, of Goodale Street, Derby, where he was apprenticed to Mr. Williamson, butcher, of Friar Gate, Derby. Joined up October 1915, and underwent training at Derby Barracks, Luton and Hemel Hempstead. Served in Ireland during the uprising in 1916, before proceeding to France in March 1917.
Letter from a comrade:
“He had just returned to his battery from a 24 hours’ duty, and went over to the cookhouse for his tea. Instead of bringing his tea away with him as usual, he stopped chatting with the cook and others. I had only left the place two minutes before the shell came over and did the damage.’ Four men were hit, two dying of their wounds, including Arthur, who was hit in the head, back and shoulder.
Hammersley, Arthur, Lance Bombardier, 806279, Royal Artillery (Territorial Force)
Born Yeldersley, Derby
Enlisted Derby
Died of wounds France & Flanders 5th May 1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org)
17th Battery, 296th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Aged 22
Son of Albert and Hannah Hammersley, of Yeldersley, nr. Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 2, II, A, 30
Ashbourne News, 7th June 1918
Died of wounds caused by shell splinters. Parents lived at Yeldersley Hall Home Farm. Was educated at Osmaston, and was well known in the Osmaston and Yeldersley areas. After the death of his parents, went to live with his sister, Mrs. Meadows, of Goodale Street, Derby, where he was apprenticed to Mr. Williamson, butcher, of Friar Gate, Derby. Joined up October 1915, and underwent training at Derby Barracks, Luton and Hemel Hempstead. Served in Ireland during the uprising in 1916, before proceeding to France in March 1917.
Letter from a comrade:
“He had just returned to his battery from a 24 hours’ duty, and went over to the cookhouse for his tea. Instead of bringing his tea away with him as usual, he stopped chatting with the cook and others. I had only left the place two minutes before the shell came over and did the damage.’ Four men were hit, two dying of their wounds, including Arthur, who was hit in the head, back and shoulder.